Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Leila Josefowicz talks about working with Luca Francesconi on his violin concerto 'Duende'

Discover New Music

Brett Dean talks about how The Last Days of Socrates was conceived as a work for Chorus

Sam Brown from the BBC Symphony Chorus on Bliss' Morning Heroes

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

Brett Dean talks about the sound world of The Last days of Socrates

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

Discover an innovative new cinematic interpretation of Mahler’s complete Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo discusses the BBC SO's Nielsen Cycle and the composer's 6th Symphony

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters